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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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