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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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