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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

