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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot 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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

