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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

