On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

