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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

