On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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