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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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