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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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