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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

