On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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