On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

