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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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