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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

