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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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