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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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