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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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