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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

