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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

