On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown