On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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