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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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