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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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