On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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