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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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