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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

