On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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