On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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