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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

