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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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