On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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