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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

