The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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