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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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