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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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