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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

