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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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