On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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