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