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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

