On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

