The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

