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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

