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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown