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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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