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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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