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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston