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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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