On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

