The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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