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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

