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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

