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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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