On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

