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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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