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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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