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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital 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