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

