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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

