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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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