On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

