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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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