On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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