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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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 Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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