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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

