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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

