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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

