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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
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...
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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