The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

