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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

