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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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