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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

