The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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