The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

