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