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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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