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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

