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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

