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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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