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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

