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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

