On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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