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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

