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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

