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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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