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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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