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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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