On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

