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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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