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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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