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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

