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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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