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