On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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