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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

