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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

