On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

