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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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