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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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