On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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