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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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