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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
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 Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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