On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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