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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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