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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

