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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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