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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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