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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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