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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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