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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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