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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

