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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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