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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

