The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City