The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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