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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

