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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

