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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

