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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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