The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown