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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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