In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Twin Cities Area
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City