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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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