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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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