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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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