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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

