On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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