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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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