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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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