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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

