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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown