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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston