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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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