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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

