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