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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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