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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

