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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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