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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

