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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

