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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
