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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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