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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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