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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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