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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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