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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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