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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City