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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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