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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

