On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

