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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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