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 Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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