On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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