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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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