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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

