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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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