On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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