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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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