On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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