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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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