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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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