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...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
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...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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