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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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