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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

