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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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