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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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