On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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