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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown