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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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