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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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