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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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