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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

