On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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