The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

