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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown