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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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