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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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