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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

