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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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