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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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