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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
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...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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