On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

