The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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