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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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