On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

