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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

