The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

