On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
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...

