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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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