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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

