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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
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...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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