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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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