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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
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 Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

