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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor 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