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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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