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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

