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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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