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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

