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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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