On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

