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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

