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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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