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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

