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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

