On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
