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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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