The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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