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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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