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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

