On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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