On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

