The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

