On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

