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