For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Twin Cities Area
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

