On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

