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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

