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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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