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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

