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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

