On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

