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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In 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