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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

