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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

