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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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