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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

