On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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