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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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