On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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