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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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