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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

