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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

