In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime โ the murder of Carol...
Twin Cities Area
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

