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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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