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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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