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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown