On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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