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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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