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