The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

