The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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