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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

