On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown