On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

