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

