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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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