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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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