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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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