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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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