In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Twin Cities Area
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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