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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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