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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown