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 E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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