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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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