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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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