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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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