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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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