The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

