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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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