The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown