On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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