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