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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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