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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown