On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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