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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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