On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

