On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

