A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Flowers, balloons, and messages left by fans at the fence of Paisley Park to recognize Prince after his death in 2016.
Fandal/qaado (fan-dal/kaa-dow; traditional Somali hand-carved spoon). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.
Fanny Fligelman Brin, c.1925. Photographed by Eugene G. Garrett.
Audience members at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.
Fans at the Beatles concert, Metropolitan Stadium, 1965. Photograph: Sully, St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press.
Fans await the arrival of the Beatles in Minneapolis at Twin City Metropolitan Airport on August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.
Postcard depicting the exterior of the Faribault State School for the Feeble-Minded in 1920. Photograph by A. J. Swanson.
Pure wool blanket manufactured by Faribault Woolen Mill Company, 1992.
Faribo brand wool blanket in its original box, woven by Faribault Woolen Mills, 1970.