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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

