On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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