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