The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

