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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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