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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

