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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

