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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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