On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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