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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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