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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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