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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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