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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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