On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

