On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

