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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

