The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

