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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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