On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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