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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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