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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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