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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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