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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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