On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

