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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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