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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

