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