On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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