The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

