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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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