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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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