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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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