On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston