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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

