On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

