On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown