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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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