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