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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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...
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