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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul