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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

