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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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