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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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