On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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