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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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