The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

