On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

