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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

