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