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