On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

