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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

