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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

