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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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