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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

