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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown