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