On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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