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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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