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