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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

