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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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