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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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...
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