On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
