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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown