On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

