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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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