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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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