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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

