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