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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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