On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

