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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

