On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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