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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

