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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul