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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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