The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

