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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor 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