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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

