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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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