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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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