On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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