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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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