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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

