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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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