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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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