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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

