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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

