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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

