On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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