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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

