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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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