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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

