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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul