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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
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...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

