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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

