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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

