On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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