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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

