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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

