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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

