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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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