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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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