The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

