On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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