On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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