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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
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...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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