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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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