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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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