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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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