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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

