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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul