On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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