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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

