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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

