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...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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