In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Twin Cities Area
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly 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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

