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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

