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