On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

