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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

