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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston