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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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