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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
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...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

