On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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