On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

