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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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