On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown