The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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