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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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