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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown