Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

