On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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