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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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