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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown