On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

