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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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