On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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