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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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