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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

