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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston