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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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