The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

