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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

