On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

