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