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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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