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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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