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