On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor 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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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