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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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