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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

