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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

