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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

