On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
