On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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