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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

