On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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