On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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