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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

