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