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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

