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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown