The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

