On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

