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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

