On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

