On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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