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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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