The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

