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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

