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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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