On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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