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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

