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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

