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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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