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