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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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