On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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