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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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