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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
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...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

