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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

