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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

