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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

