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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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