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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

