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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

