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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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