The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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