On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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