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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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