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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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