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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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