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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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