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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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