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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

