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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

