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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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