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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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