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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

