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

