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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown