The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

