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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

