On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

