The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

