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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

