On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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