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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul