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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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