On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

