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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

