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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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