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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 donโt...

