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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
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
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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
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