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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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