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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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