On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist 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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

