On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

