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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

