On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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