On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

