On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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