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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown