On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

