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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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