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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

