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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

