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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

