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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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