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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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