On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

