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