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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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