On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

