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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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