On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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