On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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