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

