On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
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...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

