The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston